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Russ Johnson

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Brooklyn based trumpeter Russ Johnson is an active performer in the jazz, improvised, and contemporary classical music scenes throughout the U.S. and abroad. In addition to leading his own groups, and co-leading The Other Quartet and New Math, Russ is currently touring as a member of Lee Konitz' new nonet and the Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor "L'Histoire du Clochard" sextet. In addition, Russ has performed with a long list of musical heavyweights including; Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Richie Beirach, Mark Ribot, Charles Earland, David Liebman, Joe Maneri, The Jazz Passengers, Oliver Lake, Myra Melford, Anthony Davis, Mick Rossi, Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry, Michael Bublé, Curtis Fowlkes, Roy Nathanson, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Brian Blade, Dick Oatts, Aretha Franklin, Tony Malaby, Jenny Scheinman, and Mat Maneri. Russ is also active as an educator/clinician, having taught at colleges and universities across the U.S

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To Walk On Effshells

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lifted; No Folk's Song; Pointillistic; For A.R.; To Walk On Eggshells; Subject Matter?; Hidden Upsides Of Contortion; Confession; Exits Locked.

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Mother Harp

Label: Woolgathering Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Joy of a Good Gambol; On Broilers; Five Pocket; Bucking The Bull; Wiper; Patience Sparks Purpose; Nightshade; The Ritz; Gallus Gallus; Lessons In Flying; Great Advantages.

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To Walk On Eggshells

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lifted; No Folk's Song; Pointillistic; For A.R; To Walk On Eggshells; Subject Matter?; Hidden Upsides Of Contortion; Confession; Exits Locked.

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Someone to Someone

Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Someone to Someone; Buggin' The Bug; Malört Is My Shepherd; At What Price Garlic; Tiny Miracles (at a Funeral for a Friend); The Pulseman.

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Article: Album Review

PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone

Read "Someone to Someone" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Jon Irabagon's PlainsPeak delivers a soulful homecoming via a love letter to Chicago with its debut, Someone to Someone. Ditching the tech-heavy sprawl of his earlier work like Server Farm (Irabbagast, 2025), the leader returns to Chicago's gritty roots with a lean acoustic quartet that is all heart and sly wit. Irabagon, a Chicago-born ...

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Article: Album Review

Russ Johnson: To Walk On Eggshells

Read "To Walk On Eggshells" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Russ Johnson, a Chicago-bred trumpeter with a knack for adventurous jazz, joins forces with Swiss bassist Christian Weber and drummer Dieter Ulrich, both stalwarts of the Zurich jazz scene. Johnson's resume boasts collaborations with everyone from Lee Konitz to his own genre-bending Russ Johnson Quartet, while Weber and Ulrich have carved out reputations as nimble improvisers, ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon / PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone

Read "Someone to Someone" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Jon Irabagon is a musician whose complexity is both exhilarating and daunting. His restless energy, deep self-reflection, remarkable achievements and sharp intellect combine to create a figure who constantly provokes questions--about music, originality and the very nature of artistic expression. In 2011, Irabagon undertook a bold experiment: With Mostly Other People Do The Killing, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Louis Moholo Moholo, Sven Åke Johansson, Olie Brice & Ville Lahteenmaki Trio

Read "Louis Moholo Moholo, Sven Åke Johansson, Olie Brice & Ville Lahteenmaki Trio" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


The final tunes of this episode of One Man's Jazz are memorials to two of the most important drummers in creative music who passed away within days of each other in June, and they're honoured in this episode. Louis Moholo Moholo and Sven Åke Johansson came from very different places; Moholo Moholo was the last living ...

Article: Album Review

Russ Johnson, Christian Weber, Dieter Ulrich: To Walk On Effshells

Read "To Walk On Effshells" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Tutti a firma dei tre performers, con prevalenza di Johnson, i nove brani che compongono questo CD, inciso a Zurigo nel lontano dicembre 2009. Lo firma in maniera “democratica" un trio agguerrito sia in diversi degli episodi di cui sopra che proprio negli esiti complessivi, sempre esemplari per lucidità e capacità di condurre la musica lungo ...


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